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THE QUESTION OF TOE STORMS.
The remarkable meteorology of the past
twelve months wag increased yesterday by
the sudden storm which added to the heavy
rainfall of the month, and was accompanied
by a short but sharp wind that made itself
felt in the Bast End to the extent of blow
ing down half a dozen frame houses and in
juring two men.
, The frequency of such storms and the in
terminable succession of rains which this
country has experienced during the past
few months are'such as to at once excite
speculation and set theories at naught Has
our climate undergone a change which has
made this a country of cyclones and constant
rains, or is this some freak of the elements
which will be balanced in the luture by
droughts to restore the general average?
The question is one of vital importance
as, if this feature of the weather is likely to
prove permanent, it will involve changes in
the conditions of our agriculture, if not of
our industries.
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CLAHKON DEalOCEATIC BO 031.
Mr. Clarkson seems bent on demonstrat
ing that the great mass of the newspaper
readers of the country prefer Democratic
doctrine to Republican, or else that Demo
cratic newspapers are more intelligently
conducted than the Republican. It is hard
to see what other inferences can be drawn
from his array of statistics to prove that
both Democratic dailies and Democratic
weeklies have a much larger aggregate cir
culation than the Bepublican journals of
f the same classes His further statement,
made yesterday, that all independent news
papers are really Democratic, may from his
point of view, be a new version of the old
1 assertion: "He that is not' with us is against
las." Otherwise we should feel impelled to
contradict his assertion by -referring to
The DlSPATCn as an example or the in
dependent cress, which would be favorable
to the Bepublican party if men of the Clark
son stamp would permit it. Mr. JClarkson's
elaborate argument looks like a boom for
the Democracy.
THE PITTbnURG AROUND AND ABOUT.
Strangers who come to Pittsburg, and old
Pittsburgers returning after a few years'
absence, unite in declaring that the expan
sion of the business of the city, with its
incidental facilities, is not only astonishing,
but as remarkable as anything of late devel
opment in the West or Northwest. Yet
there is a leature of growth here additional
to that wnich is visible within the city lines,
and far more suggestive of what is to come.
It is the rapid growth of busy, substantial
towns all around us, where but lately were
corn-fields. Jeannette, which has sprung up
almost over night into a populous and pros
perous place, because of its new glass works;
Wilmerding, which is eloquent to every
traveler on the Pennsylvania Railroad
of the enterprise of the "Wcstinghouse peo
ple; Cbarleroi, which starts in with even
greater promise these are a few of the more
recent and elaborate fringes upon the flowing
robes of onr busy municipality. Already
centers of industrial activity, of life and of
local trade, it does not need the eye of a
prophet to see them, and other new towns
like them, quickly grow, until within a
few years they will have repeated the ex
perience of McKeesport, of Braddock and of
HomesteaJ, each with its tens of thousands
of population.
The places named are but a few instances
among many of recent development.
Wherever a large factory is started, there is
at once the nucleus of a town. Every day
tells of some new enterprise of this sort,
either projected or under way, in the neigh
borhood of Pittsburg everything being fish
that comes to our net, from piano manufac
tories to plate glass establishments. Mean
while the established towns within a radius
of one hundred miles are constantly receiv
ing new accessions of industry and popula
tion. So it goes. Pittsburg still has its
thirty-six wards and its old limits on the
map; but the greater Pittsburg is the one
which tates in all Western Pennsylvania,
Eastern Ohio and West Virginia all of
which is daily coming into closer tributary
relations with this busy hive.
If the experience up to the present is as
gratifying as it is astonishing, the prospects
for the immediate future are rosier still.
However doctrinaires squabble over the
theory of protection; whatever the pretense
of interest pro or con uoon that policy in
other parts of the country, everyone knows
that protection means always for Pittsburg
and the surrounding territory the best re
sults that any policy has to offer. The bill
now before Congress is a guarantee of con
tinned and increased activity for several
years at least; so that growth in business
and growth in population maybe confi
dently augured as the order of the day for
this part of the world,
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A FOREGONE CONCLUSION.
The United States Supreme Court yester
day unanimously refused the writ'of error
applied for in the case of Kemmler. The
decision in a terse opinion sets forth the fact
that thp punishment does not transgress the
rule against cruel and unusual punishments,
and that the Legislature and courts of New
York have acted entirely within their
province in the substitution of electrical ex-
ecution for hanging and its application to
the case of Kemmler.
This is so clearly the common sense, legal
view that it is doubtful if any lawyer of
standing would have taken the case to the
national Supreme Court had it not been
useful as a step in a plan which was dis
closed by the effort to abolish capital punish
ment in New York. The writ of error
to the United States Court was valuable
mainly as giving time for work to be done
in the Legislature, or securing the passage
of the bill against capital punishment on
philanthropic ground with some members,
jind in tbe case of other members on what
they would doubtless rank as more cogent
arguments. It is not likely that anyone
connected with this lemarkable fight to
prevent execution by electricity, seriously
hoped that the Supreme Court would deny
the right of tbe Legislature to change the
method of capital punishment.
This decision seems to terminate tbe
struggle to prevent Kemmler's execution
unless the interest which has undertaken
to move Legislatures and courts rather than
let Kemmler be killed by electricity de
velops some novel, and at present wholly
unsuspected, method of enforcing its fiat.
A LAME CONCLUSION.
The vacation, by the Supreme Court yes
terday, of its mandate concerning the prop
erty of the Mormon Church is a rather lame
conclusion to its previous decision.
In the latest action the Court does not
act on a question of law. It set forth the
law in the first decision; and in holding the
enforcement of the decision over for a year
it viritually sustains the penalty in tbe
hope that some disposition can be made of
the property which will not stop the law.
Having declared the law to be constitu
tional, it goes outside its province of con
struing the law and the constitution, and
undertakes to settle a matter of legislative
and administrative policy by setting aside
the action of the law for a year.
However well intentioned the action, the
hope is vain. The Mormon Church property
always has been used to defy the law, and
always will be, so long as the highest judi
cial authorities show their fear to enforce
the penalty of confiscation against it.
NOVA hCOTIANS KNOCKING.
Becent events in Nova Scotia indicate
that there is a strong party there in favor
of union with the United States. The elec
tions for the Provincial Assembly which
took place on Thursday prove that a
majority of Nova Scotians are desirous of
commercial union at least with this coun
try. Out of thirty-eight members, thirty
were elected on a platform in , which com
mercial union, its enemies said annexation,
was an important plank. In Ottawa some
politicians are inclined to believe that the
Nova Scotian elections may be taken as an
index of the drift of public opinion through
out the Dominion of Canada. Doubtless
Sir John Macdonald and his advisers are
troubled at the refusal of the hardy fisher
men and farmeVs of tbe peninsular prov
ince to believe that their interests are
served best by depriving them of their
nearest and most natural markets, namely,
those of the United States. That the com
plexion of the Dominion Parliament is
bound to change in sympathy with that
of the Assembly of Nova Scotia is not to be
accepted as certain, as the opponents of the
Government would have us believe.
The reasons for the growth ol the an jcxa
tion feeling in Nova Scotia, which has been
out of all proportion to the movement in
other parts of the Dominion, are hot hard to
discern. The geographical position of the
most snutherlv of the maritime Drovinces.
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neighbor. The nature of her industries is
another motive. The fisheries of the prov
ince supply moie than half the total
value of her exports, and the United States
is almost exclusively her fish market. The
trade of Nova Scotia suffers immensely be
cause she can neither buy nor sell to the
best advantage in the markets at .her very
doors. However ingenious Englishmen
may figure as to the beneficial effect of the
repeal ot the reciprocity treaty upon Cana
da as a whole, it would be difficult for them
to show that Nova Scotia has reaped any'
considerable advantage therefrom. That
Nova Scotians know why their bread is not
buttered, and mean to get the butter if they
can, is satisfactory to the butter merchants
here.
The remarkable Information comes from
Citizen Train tbat Stanley shoved Emln Bey on
that balcony at Bagamoyo. At what point in bis
trip around the world tbe peripatetic Train
garnered this remarkable fact is not known.
But alter a man goes around the world in sixty
odd days, he will natnrally take tbe view that
one who struggles tbrongh African forests for
two years would bring the object of bis search
out to civilization in order to break his neck or
bis limbs.
Viboinia authorities declare that prize
fighting cannot be legalized in tbat State by a
trick. If the pugilists try to carry on their
projected matches in tho Old Dominion, they
may find tbat Virginia justice is more to be
dreaded than tbe Mississippi article.
Mothees in charge of infants will find
the advice given elsewbere from tbe State
Board of Health, valuable In indicating tho
best methods for tbe care of their children
during the summer The main points insisted
on are good air, cleanliness, pure milk, loose
clothes and Intelligent nursing. With proper
attention to-these necessities, it Is stated, there
is no reason why tbe health of babes should not
be entirely preserved in summer.
If the present course'of events continues
it will soon be necessary to order an Investi
gating commission to inquire into tbe
prevalence and persistence of this unre
strained general hnmldlty.
"Tub Louisiana Democrats have discov
ered, since his crusade against the lottery
began, that Governor Nicholls is a Bepublican,
who has, for tomo unaccountable reason, been
masquerading in the Bourbon garb," remarks
tbe Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. And is the
converse of tbe proposition true, that the
Bepublican managers in Louisiana, who havo
been lobbying for the lottery in various States,
are Democrats in disguise?
In the organization of the Congo State,
Europe started out to civilize Africa on tbe
principles ot civilization; but the impelling
force of selfishness has altered tbat policy into
a race to see who shall be first at the great
grab game.
The Funeral Directors have been formu
lating new rules for professional behavior, by
which they put themselves in competition for
tbe hieh-toned nature of tbe ethics of their
profession, with their cognate profession tbe
physicians. The basic feature of their ethics is
tbe principle tbat the utmost violation of pro
fessional courtesy is involved in charging less
than a dollar for a ten-cent pair of cotton
gloves.
HEBE EUGEK BlCHTEB has been mak
ing a very convincing plea at Berlin on bebalf
of tbat much misunderstood individual, the
American hog. Herr Bichter will be tbe next
candidate for monumental honors at Chicago.
The economy which was hoped from the
appointment of additional help in the District
Attorney's office is already manifesting Itself.
The example of saving JS4 out of J96, by pre
venting tbe summoning of duplicate witnesses
in a McKeesport case, shows what can be done
when a sharp eye is given to tbe restraint of
those who are willing to multiply their fees at
tbe expense of the county treasury.
Mb. Chauhcey 31. Depew- has made an
other denial tbat he is a Presidental candidate.
Nevertheless it would not be safe for any of his
friends to express a doubt that Chauncey is the
best friend of the grange .
As esteemed Eastern cotemporary urges
that current evils be done away with In tho
manner indicated by its call upon employers to
"stop the clerks from gamblingl" The advice
is good, and, in order tbat it may be success
fully carried out by the most conyincipg argu
ment of example, the injunction should be
added, to stop the employers from gambling
also.
Dn. Patiox, since the vote on revision
is tbat way, discovers that he will support re
vision on a distinct understanding tbat it shall
be the kind of revision that does not revise any
thing. Os the strength of a new city directory
the enterprising people of Denver claim a
population of 167,000. This is gratifying for
Denver; but it would hi more gratifying if tbe
month of June were not comimtin which the
cool and unimpassioned census will exercise Its
powers of contraction on the figures of all cities
that have indulged in population booming. .
Anothee New York decision declares
the SngarTrust illegal; and the Sugar Trust
keeps right on. It is yet to be determined
whether the trusts are bigger than the law.
The disclosures concerning Tammany's
milk inspectors in New York are calculated to
create the belief tbat if the blackmailing offl
cials bad been let alone, they would have made
tbe charge for permitting milkmen to water
their milk so high that it would have been
cheaper tor the latter to sell pure milk.
Wheit the kicking on the Allegheny po
lice appointments is all heard from, then it ap
pears that the victory in the contest for the
Mayoralty wag not worth winning.
The report from Sharon that a faction of
tbe Democratto party in Mercer county Is op
posing Pattison and supporting Wallace, as a
revenge for tbe soldiers' orphans' school syndi
cate, reveals a state of affairs which is calcu
lated less to weaken Pattison than to hurt the
Wallace Democrats of Mercer.
PEOPLE W0ETH EEADmO ABOUT.
Mrs. Jeff Davis writes she can't attend the
unveiling ot Lee's statue.
Mbs.Jui.iaJ. Irvine, a graduate of Cor
nell, has been appointed Junior Professor of
Greek at Wellealey College.
CASSrcs M. Clay is living the quiet life of a
mau in the sunset ot earthly existence on his
fine old farm at White Hall, Ky.
Christian Hansino, a drayman of Indian
apolis, wears the iron cross of the German Em
pire," given him for bravery at the battle of
Metz.
Herbert Gladstone, who is coming to tbe
United States, has been called "tbe 6-o'clock-tea-statesman."
He is not a lecturer, so he is
not coming here to draw.
Richard Vaux. who succeeds to Samuel 0T.
Randall's seat in Congress, seals all his letters
in the old way, with wax, using a seal ring,
which be wears on a forefinger.
AiEXAKDEB Swift, of Cincinnati, who mar
ried a sister of Alice and Fhcobe Cary, owns
tbe old Cary homestead and is anxious to
make J t a memorial of the distinguished sisters.
John Buskin is a veritable "sensitive plant"
in regard to weather influences. On a bright,
clear day be Is buoyant and elastic, but on a
doll, wet day be Is moody and misanthropic
Genevieve Wabd, who has been teaching
elocution in Paris, is about to return to the
stage, and has begun serious preparation by
ordering a set of new costumes from Felix, of
Paris.
Senator Stanford, although tbe breeder
of some of the most famous horses in the
world, and the owner of a Urge number of
thern, has rarely in recent years attended a
horse rao
THE TOPICAL TALKEB
What a Fly DM Flff Trees Are Searce
Here, bnt a Tip About BockOTei Slav bo
. Uaefal Tbo Rlto of IttlM Gale,
Among the inestimable blessings of the sum-'
merthe files have arrived. It is surprising
what one small house fly can do.
For instance, j ust as a pious man was about to
say grace before meat two or three nights ago
be saw a fly alight upon the table. It was the
only fly in tbe bouse, I am informed. Its pres
ence infuriated the pious paterfamilias, how
ever, and approaching stealthily he aimed a
vicious blow with' the palm of his band at the
precocionslnsect which was ealmly combing
Its eyelashes with a gauzy njng.
Was the poor fly smashed? Not at all. But a
glass dish of stewed rhubarb, verdant and
Juicy, was precipitated from the table with an
initial velocity of about ten parasangs a second.
Green wall papers are unh ealtby, it is said, but
really tbe a) sthetic pain of a blotch of rhubarb
upon a cream and gold 85-cent wall paper leaves
no room in the spectator's mind for hygienic
speculations. Papa and the house flies are not
on speaking terms in that household any more.
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Cojie ot you, the fortunate ones, rest these
sunny days In tho shadow of your own fig
trees; and about fig trees I have no pointers to
bive away. The only fig tree I ever knew well
flourished under a high nail andmauy other
difficulties in a city garden. It did not always
indulge in leaves, and resting under it was not
pleasant except on cloudy days. Little knobs of
green frnit. which wo children ate every season
in spite of memories of tho disasters consequent
thereon in preceding years, were the only signs
it bore ot being a fig tree. When allusion to tbe
umbrageous character of the fig tree was made
in church, there was nudging and laughter In
our pew. Doubtless that fig treo did its best. It
came from the Holy Land, and that's a pretty
far cry fro m London, tbe modern Babylon.
Bat it wasn't fig trees I proposed to Ulkabout
anyhow.
Jt Is a new wrinkle for tho conservation of
chestnut trees buckeyes tbat is.
Perhaps yon'vo noticed that the terrible In
fants of your neighborhood if you are lucky
enough to live where trees actually grow and
are green for your delight in autumn make
war upon tbe buckeyo trees. They want the
buckey es, and no means are too violent to
effect their purpose. The burling of stones and
sticks, and breaking of limbs, bring about the'
wreck of tbe great green ship; l.or spars are
shattered, her sails torn and she looks very lit
tle like tbe symmetrical, graceful bark that left
tbe port of Spring.
If you would snatch temptation from the ter
rible infants and what infant, even your own,
is not terrible sometimes? Go to work now
when no buckeyes are in bloom, and cut the
blossoms. Tben when autumn paints things
red, there will be no chestnuts to seduce chil
dren from the paths of virtue, and your trees
will pass scatheless to another year:
In tbe East End I know of at least one buck
eye tree that has grown up to perfect beauty
through this simple provision. Chestnut trees
might everywhere be protected in this wayj and
everywhere refers only to suburban ana city
regions where the preservation of trees is more
important than tbe gratification of lawless
youth. The trees grow all the stronger, put out
more leaves and branches, alter the blossoms
have been removed, I am told.
TynEx Booth and Barrett played here two
seasons ago Pittsburgers will remember
that Minna K. Gale played the Shakespearean
heroines in "Othello," "Hamlet" and "The
Merchant of Venice" with what a great many
considered unusual ability. She had been but
a short while on the stage tben, and yet her
Portia was a remarkably finished impersona
tiona delicately colored piece of original
work. Frankly I confess that Miss Gale's
Portia pleased me better than Madame Mod
jeska's did this season, Now it is evidently the
intention of Miss Gale to make a bid for high'er
honors.
A correspondent writes me from New York
some gossip about Miss Gale. He says of her:
"bhe is well born, well bred, well educated,
dainty and cultured to her immaculate finger
tips. Like Mosalind, she Is 'more than common
tall,' but her proportions are so perfect she
does no; look her many inches, except when
she shows a good half head above an actor of
medium height. Theater troers are familiar
with her in a copper colored or blonde wig, but
in reality she is a pale-sklnoed brunette with
straight black hair and deep brown eyes of
remarkable brilliancy. Her features are deli
cate and piquant, her smile slightly sarcastic,
and on tbe street she is distinctly a tailor-made
girl, carrying her small bead as proudly poised
as the Duchess of Lelnster. She lives with her
mother and Bister in an artistic apartment on
Gramercy square, not a stone's throw from the
new Players' club.
FOUE JOHNS IN THE iTELD.
A Hot Fight In Indiana County Against
tbe
Dolnmatcr Candidates.
J. W. Clark, Esq., of Indiana, Pa., and son of
Justice Clark, of the Supreme Court, says that
the fight for delegates in Indiana county, to tbe
State Convention is red hot. He thinks the
Delamater delegates will be knocked out. it
being simply the field against the Crawford
county man. Tbe Delamater candidates are
Jobn Elkins and John Richards, their oppo
nents being Jobn Rochester and John Hill.
Tbe campaign between the opposing candi
dates has been of a personal character, and if
tbe anti-Delamater men win they will go to the
State Convention uninstructed.
A Circulation to be Frond Of.
From the New Wilmington Globe.
A variety of contents, it may be said, marked
the individuality of the last number of The
Pittbbubo SuuDAr Dispatch. Every page
of Its 20 showed energy, skill and brains. It
merits tbe support of tbe people of Western
Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, -and by the
Way, that support is being freely given, if one
can judge by tbe fact that its circulation now
reaches nearly 70,000 copies.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Sir. John D. Scully,
Mrs. John D. bcully, wife of the well-known
banker of this city, died at tbe Fifth Ave
nue Hotel, New York, early yesterday morning.
Tbe news of her unexpected and dangerous ill
ness reached this city shortly after midnight,
Thursday night, and as toon as Mr. Scully was
apprised of his wire's Illness he Immediately left
for N ew York. II r. Scully was not Informed as to
the seriousness of Mrs. Scully's Illness, and did
not bear or the sad ending until be reached Iew
yorkat4o'clockyesterday afternoon. Mrs. Scully
was the daughter of one of the pioneer settlers of
Flttsbnrg. fche was Marion SicDowell, eldest
daughter of Dr. McDowell, who was celebrated
for Ills medical skill, at the time be practiced
In Flttsburg. Mrs. McDowell, the mother of
Mrs. bcully. is still residing at the residence of her
youngest 'laughter, Mrs.Cuinmlngs, of Lawrence
villa. Another sister of Mrs. bcully'j was tbe
wife of Stephen C. Foster, the author of
"Suanee Elver." Mrs bcolly was about 63
years of ajre. and in her youth was considered one
or the handsomest women in FittBburg society.
Her acts of kindness and charity will endear her
memory to many. She was a leading member of
tbe Hazeiwood Catholic Church, taking an active
part In all charitable affairs In connection with
thn rimri-h. blie leaves eleht children, three sons
and five daughters. They are J. D. Scully, Jn, J
Dowcll, who nntll recently bad been identified
with tho railroad business, and Edward, who Is
in tbe coal business, and Mrs. Mcllgh, Mrs.
Chambers McKlbben. and Miss Bertha, who was
with her mother on her trip East; Mrs. Manning.
ofHazelwood, and Mrs. Robertson, of Washing
ton, Fa.
Wllllnm C, Cook.
McKEKsrom, May 23. William C. Cook, the
oldest resident of this city, died at 2r. u. to-day.
In his SSlh year. The old gentleman waa one of tbe
pioneer ship builders and river men. He was born
in Indiana county, and aRer.operatlng the first
boat yards at Brownsville, located here In 1838,
and started the first boat yards here, which
he operated for 40 years. He was
a Democrat all his life, and never
voted any other ticket. Tne old farmers and
manufacturers tried to prevail on him to vote for
Harrison from tbe tariff point of view, but he re
mained loyal to Democracy and was partial to
Cleveland. He was the first Burgess this city
ever bad, and saw five generations emanating
from himself. Aa a pioneer he was one of the
oldest, and was highly respected. His funeral
will take place at 2 P. M. Sunday next.
Petpr Lnwaon.
Peter Lawson, an old Plttiburger, died in La
trobe yesterday in his T9th year. He bad been
sick but a short while, and his death was due to
old age. Mr. Lawson was very well known in
Lawrencevllle, where his daughter. Mrs. Charles
M. Bundshub lives. The deceased was born In
Flttsburg. and wat one of the pioneers who drove
the first stage coach from Columbus to Philadel
phia. The news of Mr. Lawson'a death drew
rorth many expressions of sorrow in lawrence
vllle. James E. Bntcinan.
James K. Bateman, who lives on McClurg street.
Southtlde, died 4m the 21st. Mr. Bateman wat
about SO rears of age. and bad been tick about two
(weeks. He came to Fitttburgten years ago and
was a oiguiy rcspecicu citizen, - i.'U,
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ECHOES OF COLLEGE DAIS.
Formation of an Alumni Association of the
Indiana State Normal School An Even
ing of Wit nnd Eerulnltcenco Other
News From (society Circles.
If tbe first meeting of the alumni of the
Indiana State Normal School, which was held
in Cyclorama Hall last evening, is a criterion
by which to prophesy for tbe future reunions,
they will be very epjoyable events. The Recep
tion Committee, consisting of Prof. Z. X.
Snyder. A. M., Ph. D., Principal of the school,
and Mrs. Bnyder, Miss Jane D. Leonard, pre
ceptress of the school, and J, Wood
Clark, son of Judge Silas N. Clark,
of the Supremo Court, wero kept
busy tbe early portion of the evening, renew
lag acquaintance with former students of the
school, and by their kindly greetings and
timely Introductions, succeeded in making
each guest feel especially welcome and thor
oughly at ease. Chairs, which were placed In
stiff, unattractive positions, quickly became
circled. In obedience to the desire of the more
socially inclined, aud the hum of the merry
converse and the accompanying ripple of
laugbter through tbe room were the echoes of
collecedays.
Tbe assembly, which was for the purpose of
organizing a permanent Alumni Association,
was called to order by J. J. Miller, Esq , who
presided as Chairman, and was afterward elect
ed President; with S. U. Trent, Efn., and Misses
Eliza Brooks and Mary Sivan, Vice Presidents,
and Miss Hattie Trent, Secretary ana Treas
urer. Tho Executive Committee also elected
consisted of Prof. Charles A. Riddle. Prof. E.
P. Johnston, Misses Lizzie McElwain, Marlon
Brown, Josephine Scott, Jennie McConnell,
Lettie Collins and Mr. Frank Gibson. Tbe
Committee on Constitution and By-laws In
cluded Mr. J. Lincoln Half, Misses Ellen B.
Angney, Agnes Morrow, Ada Martin and Lil
lian Chisholm.
The business transacted, for which the time
was most unwillingly given, sociability was re
newed and greatly encouraged by tbe serving
of a delicious luncheon, and sandwiches,
coffee, cakes and creams were dispatched with
salads of repartee and wit. The luncheon over,
the most interesting feature of the evening,
mo auaress oi Dr. Hnyder, claimed tne atten
tion of all present. The Indiana State Normal
bchool was of course the founda
tion of the address, which was
pardonably egotistical, considering tbe
many distinguished professional men
and women engaged in educational work
which tbe Normal School claims aa its gradu,
ates. Dr. Snyder, himself, is a handsome,
scholarly man, ot fine presence, and a great
favorite among the youngpeople with whom he
has been associated as instructor, and who
tboroughly reciprocate tbe interest be evinces
in their future welfare and snccesn, all of which
is shared by Mrs. Snyder, who, though not en
gaged in teaching In tbe college, is quite as
much interested in it, and its students, and to
many of them has been a constant source of in
spiration and help.
Miss Leonard followed in a neat little Im
promptu address, which revived old recollec
tions and caused hearty laughter.
Superintendent Luckey made one of his
characteristic humorous addresses, and S. U,
Trent and J. J. Miller were equally happy in
their remarks. Among those present were
Miss Bird Marquis, Prof. W. H. Sproull, B. S.
and Prot, Samuel C. Schmucker, all members
of the faculty.
EECEI7ED BY FBJENDS.
A Reception Given In Honor of Sin Henry Ha
King nod ns Bride.
The magnificent residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Reuben Miller was tbe scene of a gay company
last evening in honor of the reception given
for Hon. Henry H. King and his bride, who
are receiving such pronounced social favors
during their visit in the city. Tbe home was
beautifully decorated with luxuriant palms,
foliage, plants and an abundance of fresh
flowers in graceful profusion.
From a tropical screen soft music Issued and
vied with the perfume of the flowers in making
the atmosphere harmonize with the beauty of
the scene.
A continual stream or handsomely attired
ladies and gentlemen thronged the mansion,
and were greeted by the receiving party in ex
quisite costume who were stationed in the
drawing room, after which they passed on into
the dining room where Kuhn served elaborate
refreshments,
TWO PLAYS GIVEN,
The East End Dramatic Club Again But.
tains Its Reputation.
Tbe East End Dramatic Club gave two plays
"Comiades" and "A Pretty Piece of Business,"
In Sterrett school hall last evening, and in both
maintained tbe reputation the clnb has already
achieved for excellent work.
The membership of the club Includes Miss
Adelaide E. Lare. Miss Alice M. Fownes, Miss
Leonard S. Dickson, Miss Sadie F. Patterson,
Miss Kate B. Hoyle, Miss Helen E. McCormick.
Miss Belle T. Stoner, Miss Maud Moore, Mr.
Edwin S. Fownes, Mr. A. T. Keller, Mr. E. H.
Keller, Mr. Charles G. Noble. Mr. Walter G.
Taylor, Mr. Orlando M. McElroy. Mr. A. K.
Wfison, Mr. J.M. Porter, Mr. A. H. Holliday.
From the Wllklnaburg Academy.
Twenty teachers from the Wilkinsburg Acad
emy will be in attendance at the county teach
ers' examination at Turtle Creek to-day. Prof.
Van Tine, principal of the academy, is confi
dent that wilkinsburg will make a good show
ing under the ordeal of severe questioning.
Has a Cbolce of Sites.
The Wilkinsburg Athletio Club has tbe op
tion of several desirable lots in different parts
of the borough on which to build its new gym
nasium. The club will settle the question of
site at its meeting Monday evening.
Social Chatter.
A concert at Natrona last evening was un
der the auspices of Mr. Thomas F. Kirk, and
included in the programme several of the best
artists of tbe city, namely, the Misses Grace
Miller, Mamie Reuck, Signor Uilli, H. P.
Ecker, M. A Brickie and F. Ammon. The
Silver Cornet Band of Natrona were the orig
inators of the concert.
Pbemhinaby steps have been taken by the
Board of Trustees of tbe Homewood Avenue
M. E. Church, East End, for the building of a
new church. A meeting of all interested will
be held in the church on Sunday morning, con
ducted by the Rev. C. W. Smith, D. D., editor
oi uie unrisuan Jiavocaie.
A May musical was given last evening in
theSbady Avenue Baptist Church. In which
prominent local talent appeared, assisted by
the "Excelsior Quartet" and Miss Anna Leah
Dickinson, tbe sweet whistler.
Cards will soon be issued for tbe wedding of
Miss Cora B. Nolen, of East End. and Bev,
James H. MacDonald, of Boston. The nuptials
win uo ceieuruiea in tne month of roses.
The Working Peoples' Debating Society
will hold its meeting Sunday evening at Grand
Army Hall, No. 102 Fourth avenue. Mr.
Thomas Grundy will deliver a lecture.
The ioung People's Society of Christian
Endeavor, of the Southside Presbyterian
Chrurcb, gave a very enjoyable entertainment
last evening.
The receipts from "Ye Deestrick Sknle" en
tertamment at Wilkinsburg were $200. The
money is to eo into the church building fund.
Ak entertainment and social was given in
the Bloomfield Library Association rooms last
evening.
Mrs. HA bey Hays entertained friends last
evening.
t CHAT WITH AN EX-MAY0B.
St,
Louis Democrats Expect to Re-Elset
Their Three Lost Congressmen.
Georce W. Allen, ex-Mayor of St. Louis, Is
at the Duquesne. Mr. Allen owns tbe South
ern Hotel, one of the leading houses in the city.
He is a Democrat, and he said the chances
were strone tbat tbe Democracy would re-elect
tnis fall tbe three Congressmen lost in the
Presidental year.
Mr. O'JNeil, he said, was trying for the nomi
nation, but he didn't know whetber he would
make it or not. Ex-Congressman Glover is pot
a candidate.
THE RANK AND FILE.
With rolling drams and banners gay,
W e sent them from our arms away;
With kisses on their lips yet warm
They met tbe battle's fearful storm;
It passed aud left tuem pale and low,
With faces toward tbe flying foe.
How they went forth to dlel
Pale, earnest, from the dizzy mills.
And sunburnt from the harvest bills.
Quick, eager, from the city's streets,
And storm-tried from the fisher's fleets,
How tbey went forth to dlel
Oh, blow for the hero a trumpet
Let him lift up hit head In the morn;
A glory of glories la battle,
It it well for the world be was born.
Let him Jov in the sound of f he trumpet,
And sun in tbe world's prond smile;
Bat what bad become of the hero,
i Except for the "rank and flle?!'f r.
tSSHT vnmKu
HABM0NY THE BATTLE-0BY.
A Candidate for Delegate Withdraws In
Favor of a Montostb Ulan.
From tbe Pnnxsntawney Spirit.!
Tbe name of Ed A. Litch. of Brookville, is
this week withdrawn from onr announcement
column as a candidate for delegate to the Stats
Convention. This action was taken in tbe in
terest of Major Montooth's candidacy for Gov
ernor. In a letter to the Brookvjllo Bepublican
last week, Mr. Litch says among other things!
"Being actuated by a desire to further tbe in
terests of the Republican party in Jefferson
county, as wall as to honor and premote the
choice of Major Ed A. Montooth as Governor
of Pennsylvania, I hereby withdraw my pame
as a candidate for delegate to the State Con
vention which meets In Harrisburg on tbe 25th
day of June. Annree.ia.tinn- a I rin that in
unity there is strength, and that the candidacy
of Mr. George W, Weiss and myself toeetber
would jeopardize the interests of the party in
thfs direction, I wonld urge my friends, there
fore, to support Mr. Weiss, knowing tbat if
elected he will faithl ully and earnestly execute
his duty in tbe premises."
CTJEEENT TIMELY TOPICS.
The world owes an Alpena, Mich., man a
barrel full of thanks. He says that at soon as tbe
rain and snow are out of tbe air it will be warmer.
What a truly wonderful State Oregon is to
be sure. A conductor In Pendleton recently saw
several bald-beaded rabbits. Tbe animals collided
so often with lot stakes oat in tbe suburbs ot new
towns that their scalps are shorn of hair.
A HAN dropped dead in Emporia. Kan., a
few days ago, while he wat at work. The Incident
so unnerved a lot of old-timers that they all swore
off for a week, and It bad such a demoralizing
effect upon tbe drugstores tbat they were com
pelled to close shop.
An exchange has just discovered tbat the
grip was no Joke. Patients who have wrestled
with it will readily acknowledge that it was the
poorest excuse for a Joke ever perpetrated on an
innocent people, while those who have had a
second dose of It are ready to vouch for the state
ment that it should have been throttled in its in
fancy. The meanest of all mean men has turned np
InUblo. .Recently he bad several notices posted
warning employes not to meddle with tbe ma
chinery, etc., if put of order. When pay day
came around he deducted from each employe's
wages ten minutes' pay for time lost in reading
the notices. That man is too mean to die.
Mr. Clarkson predicts that this country
will ultimately be bounded on all sides by salt
water. Ibe great beadsman most be making
active preparations for a trip to Salt river.
Senator Plumb is a regular subscriber to
and reader of 200 newspapers, and among bis
favorites Is The Pittsburgh Dispatch; ana we
wish to remark tbat the Senator is endowed with
a great amount of solid chunks of wisdom.
One State law allows a person to catch bass
legally a week from to-morrow, while another
does not. P. 8. By consulting a calendar you
can probably understand what we are driving at.
The crop of temperance orators must be re
cruited or the supply will not equal the demand
since tbe original package decision was hurled on
a too-confiding public. By the way, did you ever
notice that temperance workers alwavs had a
broader field for work in Prohibition than high
license States?
Perhaps when the Senate gets through
wrestling with It, tbe tariff bill will not be recog
nizable. The Democrats should let Senator Blair
have all the time be wants at It, and in tbat way
it wonld be impossible to vote on It this session.
THE FOUNTAIN" OP SE SOTO
Seems to Have Been Discovered In a Lit
tie Buckeye Tillage.
tSPXCIAI, TZLXQBAM TO TUX DISFATCH.I
Findlat, May 23. The little town of Bev
erly, on the Muskingum river, furnishes some
remarkable statistics regarding its healthful
ness, which, when generally known, is
likely to start immigration In tbat direction.
During the year 1889 the population of the
town was estimated at 900, and during that
period there were but eight deaths, tbe oldest
of those dying being 93 and the youngest 58.
The sum of tbeir ages was 60a years, and
the average 75 years and 8 months. There has
not been tbe death of a child in the village
since September 6,1888, now over 20 months
ago.
In the year 1SS3 there was only one death,
which occurred on January 14. Tbe population
at that time was about 800. Tbis comes as
closely to the fountain of perpetual life and
youth as anything which has been reported,
and in the natural course of events, should
the present conditions continue, there will
probably be an Influx at Beverly.
A EEGULAE T0SNAD0.
A Blizzard Tbat Has Been Snorting for
Eight Years and Is Still In tbe Ring.
The Oil City Blizzard was eight years old on
Thursday, and its bloated bond-holding owners
celebrated the event by dressing it up in a
Jenness & Miller regulation spring suit, which
added materially to its general appearance
The Blizzard was started under adverse cir
cumstances to fill a lung-felt want, the project
ors. Messrs. Bowen, McKnight & Gates, all be
ing afflicted with the same complaint ambi
tion and no money but the measly infant pros
pered, and tbe owners have so much money
now that they live in plastered houses and pay
their help at least once a week.
The Blizzard is a live afternoon paper, snd is
deserving of the support tbat her citizens ex
tend to It. ft is now owned by Messrs. Bowen
and McKnight, the former dealing out tho
chunks of wisdom, while tbe latter kills time in
the composing room.
WORK OF THE SUEAL EEF0BTEBS.
Elk Democrat: Gas F. Robde has set up
an elegant barber pole. It is very attractive.
8C0TTDALE Herald: Our policeman came
out in a new uniform lost week. He looks
cute.
Feeeport Journal: Jimmy Monroe, of
Kittanning, or rather what is left of bim, has
had bis pension increased. It would take a big
increase to make up for Jimmy what tbe rebels
shot away of bis body.
Moboantown Post: Mrs. Amanda Duvall,
of Effingham, III., renewing her subscription
last week, says: "I have had La Grippe and it
seems to me as if I cannot get over it. Am feel
ing very feeble. Love to ail."
Uniontown Standard: The Adams Ex
press Company receivelS0 and the United
States Express Company 118 kegs of beer for
the saloons of Uniontown Saturday. This is
6,272 quarts, or nearly 1 quart for every man,
woman and child in the borough.
Babnesvxlxe Enterprise: Next week
promises to be a busy one In Barnesville. On
Tuesday night the alumni entertainment will
be held at Lyceum Hall. Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, commencement exercises;
Saturday night, the alumni banquet.
East Bbady Beview: Mrs. Elizabeth Evans
has sold her property here, and yesterday left
for Elderton, Armstrong county, where she will
reside with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Gibson.
Mrs. Evans renewed her subscription to the
Review before leaving, so as to keep posted.
Mobuantown Dominion: Among other
questions the census enumerator will ask how
much and to whom you owe money. If all our
delinquent subscribers tell the truth some of
the officers will have a long lis? of liabilities to
chr micle. Send us tbe amount you owe before
June 1, and do not have it recorded against
you.
Tionesta Bepublican: Snake stories are
coming in early this season, and this one is
vouched for by Jobn Heath, and as Jobn is
"runniu' for office," of course be wouldn't p?e
varicate. He tells us that Con. and John Bur
ben, Ben Weller and Jake Bush killed 31 rat
tlers a day or two ago at a den near Boss run,
Kingsley township..
The Campbells Are Coming.
From tbe Washington Star.
Tbe canny Scot what i be not. equal to ?
And the Scot In Erin is peer of the foremost in
moral and intellectual endeavor. Scotch shrewd
ness and Irish humor and Imagination make a
rare mixture. The second Scotch-Insb Con
gress will meet at Pittsburg on May 29 and
bear addresses hy Governor Beaver, of Penn
sylvania; Secretary Blaine, Representative
Breckinridge, of Kentucky; Dr. John Hall, of
New York; governor Campbell, of Ohio, and
many others.
Thin tnrfib.
From tbe Harrisburg Patriot. 1
Tbe report tbat Sarah Bernhardt has the
rheumatism is considered too thin by some wbo
seem to tblnk it is a scheme of her business
manager. The report mayor may not be too
thin, but one thing Is certain, Sarah herself is.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Cessna or Hallucinations.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
Maylaskforthe publicity of yourpags to
aid me in procuring co-operation in a scientific
investigation for which I am responsible? I
refer to the "Census of Hallucinations," which
was begun several years ago by the Society for
Psychical Research, and of which tbe Interna
tional Congress of Experimental Psychology
at Paris. last summer, assumed the future re
sponsibility, naming a committee in each coun
try to carry on the work.
Tbe object of the inquiry is two-fold: First,
to get a mass of facts about hallucinations
which may serve as a basis for a scientific
study of these phenomena; and, second, to
ascertain approximately tbe proportion of per
sons who have had such experiences. Until
tbe average frequency of hallucinations in tbe
community is known, it can never be decided
whetber tbe so-called "veridical" hallucina
tions (visions or other "warnings" of the death,
etc., of people at a distance), which are so fre
quently reported, are accidental coincidences
or something more.
Some 8.000 or more persons in England,
France and tbe United States have already
returned answers to tbe question which heads
tbe census sheets, and which runs as follows:
"Have you ever, whon completely 'awake,
had a vivid impression of seeing or being
touched by a living being or inanimate object,
or of hearing a voice, which impression, so far
as you could discover, was not due to any ex
ternal physical canseF'
The '-congress" hopes that at Its next meet
ing, in England in 1892, as many as 60.tKX)
answers may have been collected. It is obvi
ous tbat for tbe purely statistical Inquiry, tbe
?.n-WB.J "No" is as important as tbe answer
' i es."
I have been appointed to superintend the
census in America, and I most earnestly be
speak the co-operation of any among your
readers who may be actively interested in the
subject. It is clear tbat very many volunteer
canvassers will be needed to secure success.
Eaob census blank contains instructions to tbe
collector and placeB for 25 names; and special
blanks for the "Yes" cases are furnished in
addition. I shall be most happy to supply
these blanks to any one wbo will be good
enough to make ayplUation for them to
FRor. Wh. James, Harvard University.
Cambridge, Mass., May 20.
Home for Soldiers' Widows.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The statements in yesterday's Dispatch in
regard to the Soldiers' Widows' Home about to
be established by the ladies of the G. A. B.,
which is to fill a want long felt, etc, are very
misleading, as It is to be inferred from such ar
ticles that there has been no provision made
for tbe care of the soldiers' widows who need a
home. Thore is already a home tho Pennsyl
vania Memorial Home at Brookville, Pa. a
chartered institution, elegantly ami beautifully
furnished and equipped, which was formally
opened by tbe Woman's Relief Corps of Penn
sylvania on the 23d of January last, and
which was dedicated for a home for the desti
tute old soldier and his wife, the soldier's
widow ana mother and his orphan children, and
tbat each of these classes are now enjoying its
comforts and its beauties. It is for the whole
State and all may enjoy its benefits. Here you
will find tbe old soldier and bis wife, the widow
and tbe little children all happy and content.
Please state also tbat tbe Board of Directors
of this home are: Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, of
Sanatoga, Pa.; Mrs. Abbie Lynch, Allegheny;
Mrs. S. M. Lennerd, Wilkesbarre; Mrs. Helen
S. Morrison, Sraethport; Mrs. Jennie M.
Rearley, Erie; Hon. A. F. Thompson, Lykens:
Captain George G. Boyer, Harnsbnrg; Major
Charles F. McKenna. Pittsburg: Colonel
Charles M. Beltz. Philadelphia. Hon. A. .
Thompson is President; Mrs. Abbie Lynch,
Secretary, and W. H. Gray, of the Jefferson
County National Bank, of Brookville, Treas
urer of this board. This home, the noble work
of the W. R. ft, certainly meets the "want long
felt." Kate M. Scott.
P. M. and Cor. Sec'y Dept. Pa. W. R. ft
BB00Kyn,i,B, May 22.
An Opportunity for Architects.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
I wish I was an architect and could give you a
sketch of what I think could be done with tho
Bedford avenue site in connection with building
the Carnegie Library and Music Hall, and
wonder that some of tbe architects do not take
sufficient interest in It to do so.
The opinion of the Ieadingarchitects of Pitts
burg and Allegheny would be very interesting
to your readers, and herejis a good chance for
some of your reporters to Interview them on
the subject of sites. One very important mat
ter for consideration, independent or the actual
utility or tbe library, and even if the main
building should be a little difficult of access is
tho opportunity to beautify, embellish, and
adorn tne city, which has so many black spots
and none that need covering more than the
Bedford site. Air. Carnegie's expressed liking
for the situation, and his statement that the
Music Hall should be in the lower city, should
about settle it, as there is no other part of tbe
lower city that could be secured except at a fab
ulous price. a Bookkeeper.
PrrrsBUBO, May 23.
Etiquette at Weddings.
To tbe Editor of The Dispatch:
Please answer in The Dispatch the
following: At a church wedding which arm of
the groom does tbe bride take when entering
the church, at which side does she stand at tbe
altar, and which arm does she take on leaving
the church. a Regular Readeb.
PlTTSBUEO,May23.
The bride should enter the church on the
arm of her father or guardian, preceded by the
groom nnd the bride's mother. Atthe altarshe
should stand at the left of the groom. Leaving
the church she should take her husband's arm.
It is immaterial which arm she takes.
Who Knows Robert Gabbulif
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
We haye a son named Isaiah Robert Gabbutt
"Bob," a glassblower by trade, wbo left En
gland six years ago. landing in New York. Last
place was Messrs.;Roche. in Chester City. We
understood him to leave there in tbe course of
the summer to go to Pittsburg to his own
trade. A fellow-workman named Nickllne
was to get bim work there. We have not
heard from him for six years. Kindly
make inquiries. We were recommended to
your journal to send us particulars.
. . James Gabbutt.
13,Chi'rh Terrace, Higher Iranraere. Birken
head, Cheshire, England, May 14.
Routes of Globs Glrdlers.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
PJease give in Saturday morning'g Dispatch
Nellie Bly's route around tbe world; also her
Ai,EEOHENY.May23. Reader.
Nellie BIy sailed eastward from New York,
taking the usual route via Suez canal, Yoko
hama and San Francisco. Miss Bisland took
the rail route westward, sailing from San Fran
cisco and going over the same route taken by
NeUie, but in an opposite direction.
Old Finery Seeks a Market.
To the Editor oi The Dispatch:
Will you 'please inform me through 'your
"query column" whether there are people in
Pittsburg who buy up partly worn party gowns,
things which are too fancv to elve to noor neo.
pie. I am a regular subscriber, and will be
greatly indebted to you for tbe address of such
people. Reader.
East End, Pittsbubo, May 22.
Mail Patronize Saloons.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Has one man a right to drink in a wholesale
liquor bouse, wbile another is compelled to
empty his bottle off the premises?
Pittsbubo, May 23. Speak-Easy.
Wholesalers cannot sell less than a quart
and bottlers cannot open their goods for cus
tomers cm the premises.
60,155,783.
To the Editor or Tbe Dlsnatcn:
Please let me know the population of the
United States in tbe year 1SS0.
PmsBusa, May 23. Readeb.
Yoq Can Drive Ypnr Own Well.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
In answer to your correspondent, driven well
patents ran out several years ago. x.
Pittsbubo, May 23.
Fan at Ibe Natatorlam.
The High School girls, with a goodly sprink
ling of teachers from all quarters of the city,
tboroughly sprinkled each other down in the
Natatorlum yesterday afternoon, and en jiyed
the process. The hours, as had been announced,
were extended until 6 o'clock, and a great
many ladies were m attendance, from early
morning until closing hours. Many were en
gaged with first lessons in tbe art of swimming,
and many without Instruction were engaged in
splashing, all" thoroughly enjoying their pas
time. Bnd for Her Liver.
From tbe New York Sun. J
AbdullaMustapha, Colonel Victoria's East
Indian cook," has returned to England from
Bombay, and now tbe curries and Her
Majesty's liver Will have to take the conse
quences.
CURIOUS condensations;
A Christianized Chinaman is preaching
through Georgia towns in an imposing suit of
native vestments.
Mis3 Jennie Pox, aged 18 years, of
Clark county, IIL, bag received a check for
$1,000,000 left her by an uncle who died In
Texas.
A barber in Wellington, Han., has put
out his sign a3 follows: "We are here to stay.
Nq favoritism shown; clean towels ued on
A Sumter county, 6a., man recently
killed seven wild turkeys in tbree shots. Three
birds were killed at the first shot and two at the
second and third shots.
Apair of robins have built a nest on a
Shelf in a schoolroom at Boscastle, England.
The shelf is only four feet from the ground and
fn full view of tbe pupils.
A Congressman who was passing through
tbe White Hon se grounds a few nights ago waa
attacked by footpads and relieved of his gold
watch and several hundred dollars.
A tree in Clay county, Pla., measures
46 feet in circumference, and from the ground
to tbe first limb it is 110 feet. So far as can be
ascertained tbe tree is perfectly sound.
A number of fishing vessels are tied up
at New London, Conn., because, as reported,
the present cost of ice to preserve their
catches is too great to allow for profits on a
cruise.
A Pennsylvanian drove a lot of boys
who were teasing his mule out of bis field. Ho
then returned to condole with the mule, when
tbe animal kicked bim once, killing him in
stantly. An Americas man picked np his heaver
hat from a closet shelf a day or two ago and
was horrified to find a litter of six young kit
tens in it about four days old. Be now wears
bis last summer's straw.
The Limbless League is the latest politi
cal organization. It flourishes In Schuylkill
county. Pa., and according to Its founder.
Artbur Jones, has 2,700 members who have
lost either an arm or a leg.
The Cable Street Railway Company, of
Kansas City, reports that oyer 2.000 articles
have be en carelessly left on the cars by passen
gers sin ce January 1, and that taking care of
such packages has grown into a business.
Lightning hit tbe residence of an Ameri
cas, Ga., man. A gold w'atch was hanging on
the wall and it received a full charge of elect
tricity. A portion of the lid and tbe entire
chain were melted. The watch was knocked to
the floor but never stopped running;
Four Portuguese miners, while driving
f romCherokee to Oroville,Cal.,lost a barleysack,
containing a large sum of money. They hur
ried back and recovered their treasure, which,
was lying in the middle of tbe street at Chero
kee. The old sack saved it from any suspicion
of value.
A 10-year-old Florida boy ran away
from home and went a-fishing. In throwing his
line be stuck tbe hook through his nose, when
be ran to a doctor's office and bad the hook filed
in two and taken out, asking tbe doctor to say
nothing about it. The boy did not mention the
incident at home till questioned.
A Greenville, S. C, woman dug a hole
in a cotton field, and pitching her babe In,
covered it over with dirt. Another woman,
working near by, suspecting tbe crime, forced
the inhuman mother to reveal the spot where
she bad buried the babe. Tho dirt wa3 pulled
away and the child rescued alive.
Miss Winnie Davis will receive a novel
btldal present from Atlanta. Major Sidney
Boot is having an old-fashioned country gourd
rimmed and braced with silver, and will for
ward it to be nsed as a wall ornament or a
drinking cap. Maior Root regards a gourd as
a fitting emblem of the "Old South."
A migrating flock of birds which was
passing over Cedar Rapids, la., one night last
week encountered a terrible rain and thunder
storm, and. attracted by the electric lizbts.
gathered about them on the streets and at
tempted to fly into tbe stores. Over LOCO birds
fell dead m the streeu from coming in contact
with the wires.
People who pass along State street in
the city of Bangor will see the national flag
floating from a staff on the beautiful lawn at
the residence of General Charles W. Roberts.
Whether It be summer or winter, nightor day,
rain or shine, the old flag is still there and has
been ever since 1869, when the General built
ana moved into the house.
A Mexican shepherd made a bet with
his employer that his dog would stay alone on
the ranch for five days; taking the sheep out to
pasture in tbe morning and penning them up
at night. The dog was instructed by bis mas
ter, plenty of meat was hung up within reach,
tbe shepherd went off. the dog faithfully dis
charged hu duties, and the bet was won.
At the beginning of the year it was esti
mated tbat about 600,000,000 was Invested in
tbe electrical industries. The telegraph com
panies had $120,000,000; telephone. $30,000,000:
electric lighting and power companies, $300,000
000; electrical supply companies, $100,000,000.
There Li no donbt tbat another year will show
$1,000,000,000 invested in electrical Industries.
A spiritualistic and slatewriter arrived
in Atlanta recently. A person who was con
vinced tbat .she could not do what she claimed
paid her SI for a seance in order to make a case
against her for fraud. Judge Van Epps has
just decided tbat the claimant cannot recover
the money because he knew when be paid it
that the woman's representations were false.
A few days ago three families of Fin
landers settled on farms in the northern part of
Beadle county, S. Dak. In one of the families
there are 19 children. In anotber 17, and in the
third nine, the parents of the lat family hav
ing been married but ten years. These families
will soon be joined by four others, all relatives,
numbering 4S persons, making a total of 97
persons in nine families.
George T. Angell, the Boston humani
tarian, suggests drowning as tbe most painless
disposition of kittens. He believes tbat putting
kittens In an ordinary flower pot and tben
plunging it upside down in a pail or tub of
water is about as humane a method as can be
found. The air escapes through the hole in the
bottom (or rather tbe top) of tbe flower pot,
aud it instantly fills with water.
A South Carolina man "pared" a corn
between bis toes and on the next day took a
violent pain in bis leg. On the following morn
ing his toe was black and gangrene set in and
rapidly spread until it reached above the knee.
Where the leg was amputated. It Is said that
tbe mam artery did not bleed, indicating tbat
tbe disease had progressed above tbe place of
amputation, and there is little hope of his re
covery. In the summer of 1851 the Galena and
St. Paul Packet Company's passenger steamer
Menominee sank below La Crosse, Wfs. Her
upper works were saved, but ber hull and ma
chinery struck a vein of quicksand, and all
efforts to recover them were Ineffectual. A
day or two ago tbe Government steamer Gen
eral Barnard aud dredges struck an obstruc
tion, and npon examination brought to the
surface the engines, shafts, steam drums and
other machinery of tho old steamer, which
bave reposed in the bed of the Mississippi for
33 years.
A FEW HUMOROUS GEMS.
"Was it Blaine or Hayes who went driv
ing with Carnegie la Scotland?"
"Blaine. Hayes spent tbe summerwlth a Cochin
China.)' Fuc.
Train Bobber Yon fellows are the ali
flredestpoor lot I ever come across, 'Where's
your money?
Passengers (lnchorus)-Flfty miles back, with
the waiters In the dining car.-Fuct.
Doctor X. (accosting patient in downtown
restaurant) it's very strange, ilr. Whatnot, that
1 find you disobeying my Instructions regarding
your medicine. You'll never be cured at this ratel
Patient (lmperturbably)-Won't eh? You ex
plicitly stated tbat these pills were to be takes
one honr before eating. Haven't I Just this mo
ment given my order to the waiter? Amtriean
Crroeer. .
She There goes young Mr. Van Dike.
Ton should see bis latest masterpiece.
He Indeed; a landscape?
She-Ob, no. A representation of an artist's
palette; awfully natural, by the way. Wby, the
daubs ol color are executed so beautifully that
yon would almost believe they were real. Amer
ican Qrocer.
Miss Goodly I do not think so much of
Jack Bounton as I did.
Mist (Jaylee Why not?
I went to church with him last night and bs
volunteered to find the text."
Well, what hat tbat to do with It?"
O, nothing, except tbat I can't lay I have
much respect for a man who hunts for the Epistle
to the Komans in the Old Testamsut, " A"o JTor
iSun.
Tramp Can I get a job here?
Keeper 'What was your professlou?
Tramp Barber.
Eeeper-Kei: go and beard that lion la his defl.
Detrgit Irt Press.
8fatesman What, yon rascall Doyou
oihuwm; uifttjguwuiimu me wim a Qcaaiy
weaponr . , . jkTEi.
Sorebead-Worse than that. I will write yoaaaT
open letter. vmoago J.imt,'
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